School Effectiveness and School-Based Management: A Mechanism for Development

This new edition of an internationally renowned classic book provides a comprehensive framework of latest perspectives and findings, fills gaps in the ongoing research, policy, and practice, and re-engineers a school-based mechanism for understanding and managing school-based development initiatives. It addresses the burning issues about how school-based management and school effectiveness should be related to the new paradigm in education and the third wave of education reforms worldwide. The book includes four parts and 12 chapters covering school effectiveness, SBM, leadership for change, and future developments. The framework and related analysis will benefit the understanding, policy formulation, school practice, and research of key stakeholders.

Format: Hardback
Length: 298 pages
Publication date: 19 July 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This groundbreaking new edition of a widely acclaimed classic book presents a fresh and comprehensive framework of the latest perspectives and discoveries, fills gaps in ongoing research, policy, and practice, and reimagines a school-based mechanism for understanding and managing school-based development initiatives. The book delves into the pressing concerns regarding the relationship between school-based management (SBM) and school effectiveness in the context of the new educational paradigm and the global third wave of education reforms.

Comprising four parts and 12 chapters, the book explores (1) School Effectiveness, encompassing various school functions, models of effectiveness, and the pursuit of dynamic effectiveness; (2) SBM, including theories, multi-level self-management (SM), and its practical implementation; (3) Leadership for Change, focusing on leadership for SBM, staff development, school-based change, and curriculum change; and (4) Future Developments, highlighting an SBM mechanism for effectiveness and a paradigm shift towards the third wave of education reforms.

The comprehensive framework and related analysis presented in this text will greatly benefit the understanding, policy formulation, school practice, and research of key stakeholders, including policy makers, educators, change agents, researchers, and those grappling with the challenges posed by ongoing education reforms across different parts of the world.

Weight: 740g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032213545
Edition number: 2 ed